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Despite an all-cases order banning evidence of asbestos in some Kent cigarettes in Engle progeny trials, plaintiff’s expert Dr. K. Michael Cummings had testified exactly that, according to the tobacco companies. His “highly inflammatory and unfairly prej

30 countries at the third meeting of the Environment and Health Task Force agreed to boost action to free Europe from asbestos-related diseases and exposure to second-hand tobacco smoke and toxic chemicals. The meeting took place in Brussels, Belgium on

Weitz & Luxenberg has filed suit on McCarthy’s behalf against more than 40 companies. ... The papers filed by Weitz & Luxenberg omit a relevant detail: McCarthy has smoked for some 40 years. “McCarthy is such an avid smoker,” according to the Post, “tha

Almost 6,000 packets of illicit cigarettes and over 200 packs of illicit hand rolling tobacco where uncovered in six raids in Northampton shops. ... “Some samples have even been found to contain rat droppings and asbestos.”

A report on steel group ILVA's troubled plant in Taranto suggests high cancer rates in the southern Italian city are due to residents' excessive smoking as well as their exposure to asbestos and other unsound materials in past decades rather than the poll

Davalie was constantly exposed to asbestos friable fibers, causing him to breathe into his system carcinogenic asbestos dust. The various defendants are accused of maintaining each respective vessel in an unsafe, unseaworthy condition causing the crewmen

The Lung Cancer Asbestos Victims Center says, "We are urging any type of lung cancer victim to call us if they were exposed to asbestos in their workplace, because the compensation for these types of individuals can be in the tens of thousands, to hundre

Smokers exposed to asbestos who also have the lung condition asbestosis have a significantly raised risk of developing lung cancer, according to a new study. Quitting smoking after long-term asbestos exposure, however, can dramatically reduce the odds of